Palmyra-Macedon girls, Wayne boys earn Wayne-Finger Lakes titles

The Palmyra-Macedon girls indoor track and field team earned the Wayne-Finger Lakes League championship on Friday evening at Hobart College in Geneva. The Red Raiders amassed 126 points, well more than second-place Marion (81) and third-place Marcus Whitman (48).

The Palmyra-Macedon girls indoor track and field team earned the Wayne-Finger Lakes League championship on Friday evening at Hobart College in Geneva. The Red Raiders amassed 126 points, well more than second-place Marion (81) and third-place Marcus Whitman (48).

The speedsters proved to be a huge asset for Pal-Mac. In the 55 meter dash, Pal-Mac runners Allison Phillips, Leah May and Dana Sanford took the top three spots. Phillips finished first with a time of 7.66 seconds.

In the 300, May took second, Phillips was third and Ryle Arnold earned fourth as Justine Sanders-Schifano (Sodus) took first place.

Sanford also earned a fourth-place finish in the 600. In the 1000 meter run, Pal-Mac’s Erin Graham (third) and Rachel Rowles (fourth) both scored points for their team.

Pal-Mac relay teams took first in the 4x200, and second in the 4x400 and 4x800, edged by Marion in both.

Marcus Whitman’s Audrey Button coasted to a first-place finish in the 3000 meters in 11:12.16, followed by Samantha VanGee (Marion) and Jordan Hurlbut (Pal-Mac). Midlakes’ Kori Hughes, in her first season of indoor track as a senior, won the 55 meter hurdles in 9.63, just ahead of Wayne’s Jenna Siracuse.

It was much closer on the boys side, as Wayne edged Marion, 83-80 for the top spot. Williamson was third (65) and Pal-Mac took fourth (43).

Marion’s Brandon VanderBrook held off Wayne’s Adam Crumb to win the 55 meter dash in 6.68 seconds. Marion’s Jared Gonzalez was third in that race. VanderBrook wasn’t done, as he also took first in the 300 in 36.83 with Gonzalez right behind him.

Marion’s Tallon Rood was another double-winner with victories in the 600 (1:28.05) and 1000 (2:44.90).

However, it was Wayne’s ability to score points without winning that made the difference.

Pal-Mac’s Cody Martini won the 3200 in 10:13.24, ahead of Wayne’s Colin Kerr. Gananda’s Bobby Cooper took the top spot in the 1600 in 4:46.42, more than four seconds faster than Kerr.